We often find ourselves risking trust even after it has been shattered due to several intertwined psychological and social factors. Trust is a fundamental aspect of human relationships, and its loss can lead to significant emotional turmoil. However, the desire to rebuild connections and the hope for positive experiences can drive individuals to take the risk again.

This why we keep going back trusting our government, even though back in our minds we know that government is going to steal that trust and fuck us over. Just look at what the Nazi government did to the Jews for an example.

Humans are inherently optimistic. The belief that people can change and that relationships can improve often drives individuals to take risks with trust. This hope can be a double edged sword; while it can lead to renewed connections, it can also result in repeated disappointments.

Finally, the fundamental human need for connection and belonging can outweigh the fear of being hurt again.

Loneliness can be a powerful motivator, pushing individuals to seek out relationships, even if they come with the risk of betrayal. The desire for companionship often leads us to take chances on trust, hoping for a more positive outcome.

So I hope this more then enough answers your question and then some

I think one thing is trust broken and another thing is having it shattered. People make mistakes, so you give them another chance but it gets shattered when they do it again. I don't hang around for a third time.

By not placing humans on a pedestal, not treating trust as expectations and realizing everyone can shatter that trust at any point. Is it their responsibility to not break it because WE deem them to play a roll they didn't agree to?

P.S. When you stop placing such a huge demand of trust on others, you are free. What they do is on them.

Trust isn’t a risk. That’s what you call fear which is the opposite of trust. Trust is a gesture given to another out of grace. When it doesn’t matter what happens because your trust is for them, not yourself.

It depends on the foundation built before the shattering in my opinion. But it’s one of those I might forgive but never forget things.

Because trust is the first building block to love and humans were created to be loved and to love.

We can't survive without trust, but trusting everyone is also a trap, it's a hard balance

Because of humans part of our heart aches for human contact and companionship and it causes us to let our guard down but the more that life teaches us to be self-sufficient and not rely on others the more that erodes and goes away

Hope I guess

We need to reassure ourselves. After a devastating event that destroys our trust, we have an intrinsic need to rebuild it, because we humans are social animals, like the rest of the ape family. Even among introverts, total isolation can cause personality disorders and mental illnesses.

Unless you're wealthily independent you don't have any choice but to be trusting in others.

If not for food or shelter or healthcare,almost certainly for your job.

We do? 🤔

High hopes

Because, deep inside, there is some goodness within

i've never been in that situation, not cause i'm too cool for it but cause i never get that far 🤣

Because we want to have someone we can rely on and be trusted in return.

It really sucks when you cant trust people. You feel really alone.

Who is we.

What's the alternative? To hide for the rest of your life?

Needs supersede fear eventually.